- BOARD ADOPTS AMENDMENTS TO PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY PERMITTING
RULES
On November 6, the Illinois Pollution Control Board adopted a final opinion and order in the
rulemaking entitled Radionuclide Restricted Status, Amendments to 35 Ill.
- The proposed exemption would end on December 8, 2009.
- Illinois’ drinking water standards for radionuclides, which must be
and are the same as the federal standards, are 5 pico curies per liter (pCi/L) for combined radium
(radium-226 and radium-228), 15 pCi/L for gross alpha particle activity, and 30 micrograms per
liter (μg/L) for uranium.
- The Board held two public hearings in this rulemaking and received public comment.
Board Adopts Amendments to Public Water Supply Per... 
